v1.3.0 - 09 Dec 2011 ------------------------ - OpenFlow: - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept NXM fields. - Added an OpenFlow extension for flexible learning. - Bumped number of NXM registers from four to five. - ovs-appctl: - New "version" command to determine version of running daemon. - If no argument is provided for "cfm/show", displays detailed information about all interfaces with CFM enabled. - If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed information about all ports with LACP enabled. - ovs-vswitchd: - The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead of just one. By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the new NXAST_RESUBMIT_TABLE action can look up in additional tables. Tables 128 and above are reserved for use by the switch itself; please use only tables 0 through 127. - Add support for 802.1D spanning tree (STP). - Fragment handling extensions: - New OFPC_FRAG_NX_MATCH fragment handling mode, in which L4 fields are made available for matching in fragments with offset 0. - New NXM_NX_IP_FRAG match field for matching IP fragments (usable via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl). - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set fragment handling policy. - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-key. By default it remains compatible with the old version and other standards-based implementations. - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting a denial of service attack. - Added support for native VLAN tagging. A new "vlan_mode" parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access", "trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged". - test-openflowd has been removed. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead. v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011 ------------------------ - New "ofproto" abstraction layer to ease porting to hardware switching ASICs. - Packaging for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and 6.0. - Datapath support for Linux kernels up to 3.0. - OpenFlow: - New "bundle" and "bundle_load" action extensions. - Database: - Implement table unique constraints. - Support cooperative locking between callers. - ovs-dpctl: - New "-s" option for "show" command prints packet and byte counters for each port. - ovs-ofctl: - New "--readd" option for "replace-flows". - ovs-vsctl: - New "show" command to print an overview of configuration. - New "comment" command to add remark that explains intentions. - ovs-brcompatd has been rewritten to fix long-standing bugs. - ovs-openflowd has been renamed test-openflowd and moved into the tests directory. Its presence confused too many users. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead. - New ovs-benchmark utility to test flow setup performance. - A new log level "off" has been added. Configuring a log facility "off" prevents any messages from being logged to it. Previously, "emer" was effectively "off" because no messages were ever logged at level "emer". Now, errors that cause a process to exit are logged at "emer" level. - "configure" option --with-l26 has been renamed --with-linux, and --with-l26-source has been renamed --with-linux-source. The old names will be removed after the next release, so please update your scripts. - The "-2.6" suffix has been dropped from the datapath/linux-2.6 and datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories. - Feature removals: - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension. Please use the extensible match extensions instead. - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort to simplify 802.1ag configuration. - Performance and scalability improvements - Bug fixes v1.1.0 - 05 Apr 2011 ------------------------ - Ability to define policies over IPv6 - LACP - 802.1ag CCM - Support for extensible match extensions to OpenFlow - QoS: - Support for HFSC qdisc. - Queue used by in-band control can now be configured. - Kernel: - Kernel<->userspace interface has been reworked and should be close to a stable ABI now. - "Port group" concept has been dropped. - GRE over IPSEC tunnels - Bonding: - New active backup bonding mode. - New L4 hashing support when LACP is enabled. - Source MAC hash now includes VLAN field also. - miimon support. - Greatly improved handling of large flow tables - ovs-dpctl: - "show" command now prints full vport configuration. - "dump-groups" command removed since kernel support for port groups was dropped. - ovs-vsctl: - New commands for working with the new Managers table. - "list" command enhanced with new formatting options and --columns option. - "get" command now accepts new --id option. - New "find" command. - ovs-ofctl: - New "queue-stats" command for printing queue stats. - New commands "replace-flows" and "diff-flows". - Commands to add and remove flows can now read from files. - New --flow-format option to enable or disable NXM. - New --more option to increase OpenFlow message verbosity. - Removed "tun-cookie" command, which is no longer useful. - ovs-controller enhancements for testing various features. - New ovs-vlan-test command for testing for Linux kernel driver VLAN bugs. New ovs-vlan-bug-workaround command for enabling and disabling a workaround for these driver bugs. - OpenFlow support: - "Resubmit" actions now update flow statistics. - New "register" extension for use in matching and actions, via NXM. - New "multipath" experimental action extension. - New support for matching multicast Ethernet frames, via NXM. - New extension for OpenFlow vendor error codes. - New extension to set the QoS output queue without actually sending to an output port. - Open vSwitch now reports a single flow table, instead of separate hash and wildcard tables. This better models the current implementation. - New experimental "note" action. - New "ofproto/trace" ovs-appctl command and associated utilities to ease debugging complex flow tables. - Database: - Schema documentation now includes an entity-relationship diagram. - The database is now garbage collected. In most tables, unreferenced rows will be deleted automatically. - Many tables now include statistics updated periodically by ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server. - Every table now has an "external-ids" column for use by OVS integrators. - There is no default controller anymore. Each bridge must have its controller individually specified. - The "fail-mode" is now a property of a Bridge instead of a Controller. - New versioning and checksum features. - New Managers table and manager_options column in Open_vSwitch table for specifying managers. The old "managers" column in the Open_vSwitch table has been removed. - Many "name" columns are now immutable. - Feature removals: - Dropped support for XenServer pre-5.6.100. - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.18. - Dropped controller discovery support. - Dropped "ovs-ofctl status" and the OpenFlow extension that it used. Statistics reporting in the database is a rough equivalent. - Dropped the "corekeeper" package (now separate, at http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper). - Performance and scalability improvements - Bug fixes v1.1.0pre2 - 13 Sep 2010 ------------------------ - Bug fixes v1.1.0pre1 - 31 Aug 2010 ------------------------ - OpenFlow 1.0 slicing (QoS) functionality - Python bindings for configuration database (no write support) - Performance and scalability improvements - Bug fixes v1.0.1 - 31 May 2010 -------------------- - New "patch" interface type - Bug fixes v1.0.0 - 15 May 2010 -------------------- - Configuration database with remote management - OpenFlow 1.0 - GRE tunneling - Support for XenServer 5.5 and 5.6 - Performance and scalability improvements - Bug fixes v0.99.2 - 18 Feb 2010 --------------------- - Bug fixes v0.99.1 - 25 Jan 2010 --------------------- - Add support for sFlow(R) - Make headers compatible with C++ - Bug fixes v0.99.0 - 14 Jan 2010 --------------------- - User-space forwarding engine - Bug fixes v0.90.7 - 29 Nov 2009 --------------------- - Add support for NetFlow active timeouts - Bug fixes v0.90.6 - 6 Oct 2009 -------------------- - Bug fixes v0.90.5 - 21 Sep 2009 --------------------- - Generalize in-band control to more diverse network setups - Bug fixes